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As part of his work experience placement at the BSA, student Joe Gooding interprets YouGov data from a recent survey to see how building societies are performing against other financial services when it comes to customer satisfaction.
I have had a savings account for arou...

Earl Shilton Building Society is supporting two good causes by making a 25p donation for each vote cast at its recent AGM. The society selects two charities each year to benefit from these donations and this year supported the Huntington’s Disease Association (HDA) and the ...

In early January KPMG announced the launch of their Building Society Dashboard, which is now available online. It’s the culmination of a number of months of intense activity that will help to develop better user experiences starting off with the ability to view, compare and a...

The BSA welcomes the FCA’s open and collaborative approach in the run up to the Mortgages Market Study published this week. The regulator has clearly listened to the feedback provided by the mortgage industry in its call for inputs earlier this year, particularly in relation ...

This week, the Bank of England reported on the health of the UK's finance for the first time since the vote to leave the European Union.
The latest Agents' Summary of Business Conditions stated that ‘as yet there is no sign of a sharp general slowing in activity’. Further...

Today, whilst analysing the Labour Force Survey (LFS), the Resolution Foundation mentioned that there has been a ‘fall in home ownership across England’.
Commenting, Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy at the BSA said: “The latest findings from the Resolution Fou...

Building societies are topping the best-buy tables when it comes to consumers' preferred savings accounts and mortgage providers , an independent consumer group reveals. Fairer Finance helps consumers to find a bank or building society that offers a good service, not just a...

Today the Building Societies Association (BSA) releases mortgage lending and savings figures for all 44 building societies for the second quarter of 2016. The figures show that societies maintained their strong mortgage market share, following the surge in transactions in the...

People are more likely to buy a property now than they were just before the Referendum result, the BSA’s Property Tracker results reveal.
The consumer survey also indicates that house price expectations have weakened following the vote.
A greater proportion of people (1...

At its Annual Lunch on 17 November, with Housing and Planning Minister Gavin Barwell MP as keynote speaker, the BSA launched a progressive housing report; ‘Laying the foundations for Modern Methods of Construction’ (MMC). The report explores the addition of this form of h...

Consumers are unsurprisingly concerned that stability in the housing market could be affected next year by increased living costs and rising interest rates, the latest Property Tracker survey results reveal. The Post-Referendum bounce-back in confidence has been short-li...

Seventy-two financial services firms in the UK have signed up to a government Charter designed to improve gender diversity in senior positions in the financial services sector.
The Charter is based on recommendations made by Virgin Money chief executive, Jayne-Anne Gadhia. ...

Commenting on the Redfern Report into Housing issued today, Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy at the BSA said:
"As we consistently find through our consumer research, the biggest barrier facing home buyers is their ability to raise a deposit. The size of that is re...

There is no one silver bullet to solve the UK’s ‘broken housing market’. Today the BSA welcomes the Housing White Paper as a positive first step towards a more joined up approach to housing and, we hope, the beginning of a coordinated government strategy. Commenting, Paul ...